Matthew McConaughey Is Open to Starring in Star Wars

May the McConaissance be with you.

During an Insterstellar press conference in London, star Matthew McConaughey didn't flinch a bit when asked if he'd be interested in starring in a Star Wars film:

"Sure—there's not anything that I'm not open to embracing," he replied. "I want it to be a quality script, I want a quality character. I want to be a little scared of it. I want to have new challenges. I want to do something... find in a character where I can get to a point where I feel like nobody could be doing this but me. I'm going to have an original experience... an original take. That takes work to get to that point, but whatever the genre I'm wide open."

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He also weighed in on his love of all things hairy, especially King Kong and, naturally, Wookiees. Plus a quick shout-out to our own lizard brains: "I've got an affection for the mammalian in all of us. I'm simple—I've always got a soft spot for the furry creatures."